It maybe a factor that they put together their own defensive effort for a game.
They pressured the ball much more than usual as a point of reference and perhaps it's just not sustainable vs. much of their conference season.
Yikes! I’m Okay Not Playing UConn
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It maybe a factor that they put together their own defensive effort for a game.
They pressured the ball much more than usual as a point of reference and perhaps it's just not sustainable vs. much of their conference season.
It’s hard to imagine a scenario where you’d rather lose a close game in the Sweet Sixteen rather than make it to the Elite Eight and get beaten badly. We might have seen that unimaginable line crossed tonight…. maybe. I can’t imagine saying that but watching Illinois getting castrated live on TV looks like Saw X.
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They ran into 2 of the best 3 teams in the tourney back to back. That's gotta wear guys out.
We would probably beat Illinois 7-10 times. We were a tougher matchup for UConn as well. I’m sure they would have beat us but still. We got hosed for being the #4 team. Illinois and uconn got hosed too but UConn is just another level on anyone
They created that chaos. We lost to a lower seeded team which happens. Oh well. There is zero guarantees if we would have been in a different region.
I’m with you, but a 30-0 run in college basketball is unheard of. Thats a serious black eye to a program.
ISU would have beaten Uconn by double digits. We all know it. Lucky for them Illinois beat us.
If they held Illinois to 52 there's no way we'd score much over 60 even with a great game...and our chances of holding UConn below 60 are not good.
Basically we lost a coin flip game to make Elite Eight because we had a horrible first ten minutes. That was going to be the end of the road...because of our seed and site.
Since they have the bodies to handle Edey it's really theirs to lose far more than most years.
Basically we lost a coin flip game to make Elite Eight because we had a horrible first ten minutes. That was going to be the end of the road...because of our seed and site.
Since they have the bodies to handle Edey it's really theirs to lose far more than most years.
I wonder how much of this is UConn, pulling out of their bag of tricks that Illinois couldn’t prepare for with two days notice, especially after preparing so well for us
Tough ask for IL or ISU. Game finished after midnight local time, I think. Probably 2am before you get back to the team hotel. Then you get one day to prep for UCONN. Rough.
This likely has a lot to do with it, to be honest. UCONN had their S16 game wrapped up by halftime and had more time to recover before this game. Illinois had to play a physically demanding team for the whole game and had a groggy day of prep for the best team in the country.
I would have rather they lost to National Champ again.
Illinois seemed to start the game with no plan, guarding Clingon with skinny guy. Then they passed up 3s to drive right at him on other end. ISU might have lost but still sad they didn't come all the way back Illinois
Illinois seemed to start the game with no plan, guarding Clingon with skinny guy. Then they passed up 3s to drive right at him on other end. ISU might have lost but still sad they didn't come all the way back Illinois
Big guy did get hurt, missed time, and doesn't play ton of minutes. They shot poorly first half tonight, guessing they got heavily out shot from 3.
I haven't watched Purdue, but at least if Edy is really as good as advertised and they can shoot, they could challenge in Final. Or Duke had to have enough talent to not get ran out of gym. Hoping for good game
Illinois blew their load in the first half against us. When one of Shannon's 3"s hit front iron, bounced straight up, and then dropped I said "I bet that's the game right there". Whole season ends by a quarter inch. Anyway, we should have won that game. I've never seen so many point blank shots missed. Thank God for Gilbert.
